In a sea of carefree white, subway tiles with
dark grout lines bear a subtle «look - at - me» texture for a fresh backsplash idea.
The dark grout lines also serve a practical purpose: Grout can often stain, but dark grout is more forgiving.
Darker grout lines are def more defined and draw the eye to the lines vs the tile
White grout is a pain to keep clean anyway, and
the darker grout lines would really show off the pattern on the tile.
Not exact matches
After that, I mixed a
dark gray (using Amhert Gray and Carbon colored exterior paint) to paint out my faux
grout lines.
I notice the
grout lines on the floor in the before pictures are much
darker than in the after pictures.
When we first moved into our house, the kitchen floor was covered in dingy, gray ceramic tiles that weren't laid very level, and had different - sized / badly - stained (because they were never sealed)
grout lines running between them... So right after we moved in, we quickly covered it up with an inexpensive,
dark - colored, laminate flooring we purchased on -LSB-...]
The
grout lines have a light gray
line and
dark gray
line.
I knew that the
grout in our master bathroom had started to look a little dingy with
dark lines and grungy corners.